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This is a colloquial answer which can't be traced to any single person. Back in the peasant days, people would use thatch as roofing. When it rained very hard, the farm animals (cat and dogs, not cows and horses) would take refuge in the rafters (think of sod houses and other structures that might be partially recessed in the ground for heat retention) Sometimes it would be so wet that the pets would lose their footing and fall into the room during the rainstorms.
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What is a saying of heavy heavy rains?
its raining cats and dogs
What does sheets of water mean?
It is a saying for it is POURING outside. Just like saying "it's raining cats and dogs"
When you use an expression like raining cats and dogs you are using?
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an idiom.
Is raining cats and dogs a simile or a hyperbole which is an exaggeration?
The phrase "it's raining cats and dogs!" is hyperbole.
What does raining cat and dogs mean?
Raining cats and dogs mean that it's raining very hard
Is 'its raining cats and dogs' an example of personification?
No! 'its raining cats and dogs' is an Idiom.
When do cats fall from the sky?
There is an expression - "raining cats and dogs". This does not mean that cats and/or dogs are literally falling from the sky, it simply means that it is raining very hard.
Under what headword would you find the idiom raining cats dogs?
under what headword would you find the idiom raining cats and dogs?
What is a rain hyperbole?
Its raining cats and dogs!
Has it ever rained cats and dogs?
No, the phrase "raining cats and dogs" is an idiom that means raining heavily. It has never happened literally.
What mythology can you found the idiomatic expression its raining cats and dogs?
It is raining heavily
What is its raining cats and dogs origins?
In olden times people threw rubbish into the street. In amongst the rubbish would be cats and dogs which would be washed along the street during heavy rain. Hence raining cats and dogs. Of course, they are not literally raining from above!
